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Road over to Lone Pine with Joel on Friday. That was a ong ass 8 hour drive with traffic. Cute little town out in the middle of Bum Fuck Egypt. Went out Saturday for the shake out ride in 20mph winds and sleet that felt like nails on your face. Lucky Sunday had much better weather, though.

Started out the ride pretty easy. Both Joel and I weren't feeling our best for some reason. Then, I made things much worse for me at the first water crossing. Instead of riding through, like I should have, I walked, and my foot slipped on a rock, and I fell right on my It Band on a huge rock, and unfortunately, that made my fibromyalgia kick in to high gear and I had a flare up, which, trust me, sucks serious asshole!!

The entire day after this point, every muscle in my body and joint felt like they were anaerobic and burned to all high hell and had zero power. I couldn't even stand for more than maybe a minute because my arms couldn't hold my weight up, horrible with all the washboard.

Luckily, I was able to make up copious amounts of time on the scetchy sandy descents while the front wheel went all thw way to the lock on a very fast sany descent. I was able to pass MANY people on this technical stuff and loved every minute of being out of control, may I jave another governor?

Made it back to the finish in just under 8 hours, which I'm actually happy with considering my NP and physical condition. Got my Cuban burrito and had 3 whiskey sours and a double shot of whiskey as well, shit, I'm not driving!!😜

Just a few words of encouragement. It doesn't matter how you feel or the pain that you are in as long as you allow yourself to appreciate the moment that you find yourself in. Also, remember this mantra when you're having one of those absolutely brutally unfit feeling days, "it's not if you finish. it's when you finish." Pain is just an electrical signal and NOTHING more, don't let it define your life. Life is hard, painful, inspiring, and full of awe-inspiring moments, and the best thing about cycling is that you get to experience all of these great moments in one single day, and by your own making!!

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